The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Eunice Cardinals (Eunice, NM) and the visiting Cloudcroft Bears (Cloudcroft, NM), observed Eunice's basketball team overcome Cloudcroft by a margin of 61-50.

The Cardinals (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, NM). The Colts come into the non-league challenge with a 5-2 record. In their last challenge, New Mexico Military Institute defeated Socorro (Socorro, NM), 50-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears battle the Silver Fighting Colts (Silver City, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 8. Cloudcroft will attempt to better on its 3-7 season record. The Fighting Colts enter the match with a 6-5 record after their 59-39 non-league win over Gadsden (Anthony, NM).